2016 – Shoots Reports

12/31/16 Year End Finale NSCA (Sporting Clays) Tournament

Lamar Denney, Steve Baker, Bruce Crockett, and Jonathan Fleming  participated in the Year End Finale Sporting Clays Tournament at Capital Trap & Skeet on Saturday 12/31/16. In the Main Event (93 shooters), Master Class shooter Lamar Denney shot a 94/100 for a 4th place tie. In Class AA, Steve Baker shot a 88/100 for a tie in 1st place. In Class C, Bruce Crockett shot a 75/100, and in Class E, Jonathan Fleming shot a 42/100.

In the Super Sporting Event, Lamar Denney shot a 45/50 for a 3rd place tie in Master Class, Steve Baker shot a 39/50 for 4th place in AA Class, and Bruce Crockett shot a 37/50 for 3rd place in C Class.  In the 5-Stand Event, Lamar Denney shot a 38/50 in Master Class, while Steve Baker shot a 29/50 in AA Class.

12/17/16 Sporting Clays Shoot

Nine participants (eight shooters) had a good time at the monthly shoot at the Capitol City Trap and Skeet Club.  We shot the 50 target “corporate course” which had easy to hard difficulty targets.  It was pleasant, but a little misty at the beginning.  The scores were as follows:

Brad Versteegh – 42

Paul Ellis – 41

Scott Timpany – 39

Randy Rowley – 37

Earl Prochnick – 26

Diana Watson – 21

Bryan Schultz – 20

Jonathan Fleming – 14

Randy led a devotional on Being Schooled.

11/19/16 Sporting Clays Shoot

Twelve participants attended the monthly shoot at the Capitol City Trap and Skeet Club.  We shot the 50 target “corporate course” which had easy to medium difficulty targets.  It was chilly and pretty windy making the targets a bit tougher than normal.   The scores were as follows:
Mike Walsh – 37
Chris Harden – 36
Steve Baker – 35
Brad Versteegh – 34
Ron Palmer – 33
Paul Ellis – 26
Gustavo Bultron – 26
Ken Miller – 21
Tricia Palmer – 21
Earl Prochnick – 17
Diana Watson – 7
Jeff Whitley – 3

11/12/16 Give Em the Bird NSCA (Sporting Clays) Tournament

Lamar Denney, Steve Baker and Bruce Crockett participated in the Give Em the Bird Sporting Clays Tournament at Capital Trap & Skeet on Saturday 11/12/16. In the Main Event (86 shooters), Master Class shooter Lamar Denney shot a 89/100 for a 5th place tie. In Class A, Steve Baker shot a 70/100, and in Class C, Bruce Crockett shot a 81/100 for 1st place. In the Super Sporting Event, Lamar Denney shot a 44/50 for a 4th place tie in Master Class, Steve Baker shot a 39/50 for 2nd place in A Class, and Bruce Crockett shot a 35/50 for 4th in C Class.  In the 5-Stand Event, Lamar Denney shot a 47/50 for 1st place in Master Class, while Steve Baker shot a 38/50 for 1st Place in A Class.

Congratulations to Steve Baker for his promotion in Sporting Clays from A Class to AA Class. based in the 2 punches he picked up for his 1 and 2nd place finishes. It takes 14 punches total to advance from A Class to AA Class.

10/15/16 Smashing Pumpkins NSCA (Sporting Clays)   Tournament

Lamar Denney, Steve Baker and Bruce Crockett participated in the Smashing Pumpkins Sporting Clays Tournament at Capital Trap & Skeet on Saturday 10/15/16. In the Main Event, Master Class shooter Lamar Denney shot a 93/100 which beat 125 shooters for 1st place and HOA (High Overall Average). Besides winning $300, he beat former National Sporting Clays champion William Walton, as well as top state shooters Gary Greenway and Tom Mack. In Class A, Steve Baker shot a 77/100, and in Class C, Bruce Crockett shot a 70/100. In the Super Sporting Event, Lamar Denney shot a 47/50 for 1st place, while Steve Baker shot a 36/50, and Bruce Crockett shot a 29/50.

10/8/16 Sporting Clays Shoot

Nineteen participants attended the monthly shoot at the Capitol City Trap and Skeet Club.  We shot the 50 target “corporate course” which has easy to medium difficulty targets.  The weather was fantastic, there was a good variety of trap presentations, and all enjoyed the fellowship.   The scores were as follows:
Brad Versteegh – 44
Steve Baker – 44
Kyle Kirkwood – 42
Randy Rowley – 40
Scott Timpany – 38
Bruce Crockett – 35
Kerry Kirkwood – 34
Paul Ellis – 34
Ted Grittinger – 32
Andrew Cantrell – 30
Jeff Cates – 25
Ken Miller – 25
Richard Corbin – 24
Jason Galloway – 24
Don Pettke – 21 (first time guest)
Victoria Gittinger – 21
Johnny Siller – 13
John Bobo – 11
Kathleen Miller – 7

9/10/16 Sporting Clays Shoot

Eleven participants attended the monthly shoot at the Capitol City Trap and Skeet Club.  Four new shooters joined our group: Monica Garcia, Ted Gittinger, Victoria Gittinger, and Rose Gittinger.  A front blew thru with light rain around station 3, but stopped by the time we finished station 6. The wind picked up and caused the targets to move around at times. Station 3 (‘A’ bird) had a trap thrower located 30 yards out behind a tree, and threw a target straight out as a teal. If the shot wasn’t taken quickly, the bird was out 60-70 yards.  The scores were as follows:

1st Place – Paul Ellis – 38/50, Brad Versteegh – 38/50, and Scott Timpany – 38/50
2nd Place – Gustavo Bultron – 36/50
3rd Place – Bruce Crockett – 35/50
Bryan Schultz – 20/50
Ted Gittinger – 19/20, Rose Gittinger – 10/20, and Earl Prochinik – 19/20
Victoria Gittinger – 8/50
Monica Garcia – 7/50

9/03/16 ‘Patriot Day’ NSCA (Sporting Clays) Tournament

Two members shot in the ‘Patriot Day’ NSCA Tournament held at the Capitol City Trap & Skeet on Saturday, 9/03/16.

In the 100 target Main Event, Bruce Crockett had a score of 65/100 in Class C, and Kyle Kirkwood shot a  81/100 for 3rd place in Class D.

In the 50 target Super Sporting Event, Bruce Crockett shot a 30/50 in Class C.

8/13/16 Sporting Clays Shoot

Sixteen participants attended the monthly shoot at the Capitol city Trap and Skeet Club.  It was humid and became hot and there was no wind.  The targets are still set a little harder than normal, especially Station 5.  The scores were as follows:

1st Place – Paul Ellis – 42/50
2nd Place – Bruce Crockett and Scott Timpany – 39/50
3rd Place – Randy Rowley – 38/50
Gustavo Bultron – 34/50
Tim Price – 34/50
Brad Versteegh – 29/50
Mike Walsh – 28/50
Ryan Rowley – 27/50
Mark Berdoll – 25/50
Burl Fulenwider – 23/50
Peyton Keily – 23/50
Earl Prochnick – 23/50
Jim Miller – 22/50
Bryan Schultz – 15/50
Susan Rismiller – 8/50

Randy lead a devotional called Hide.

7/16/16 ‘Firecracker Special’ NSCA (Sporting Clays) Tournament

Three members shot in the ‘Firecracker Special’ NSCA Tournament held at the Capitol City Trap & Skeet on Saturday 7/16/16. The weather was in the 80’s at the start and ended up in the 100’s with no wind.

In the 100 target Main Event, Steve Baker had a score of 73/100 in Class A. Bruce Crockett shot a 76/100 in Class C, and Kyle Kirkwood shot an excellent score of  87/100 for 1st place in Class D. Our of the 92 shooters shooting in the Main Event, only 13 of 92 shot higher than 87! Great job for a new tournament shooter.

In the 50 target Super Sporting Event, Steve Baker shot a 42/50 in Class A for 1st place, and Kyle Kirkwood shot a 40/100 in Class D for 2nd place.

In the 50 target 5 – Stand Event, Steve Baker shot a 43/50 in Class A for 3rd place.

7/9/16 Sporting Clays Shoot

Sixteen participants attended the monthly shoot at the Capitol City Trap and Skeet Club.  It was warm and there was a medium wind.  The targets are still set a little harder than normal.  The scores were as follows:

Brad Versteegh – 42
Steve Baker – 41
Bruce Crockett – 38
Tim Price – 36
Scott Timpany – 35
Mark Berdoll – 33
Harold Terry – 33
Earl Prochnick – 32
Mike Walsh – 32
Edward Terry – 32
Paul Ellis – 31
Gustavo Bultron – 31
Burl Fulenwider – 26
Danny Davis – 23 (first time guest)
Bryan Miller – 15 (first time guest)
Becky Terry – 11

6/28/16 ‘McBride’s Open’ NSCA (Sporting Clays) Tournament

Three members shot in the ‘McBride’s Open’ NSCA Tournament held at the Capitol City Trap & Skeet on 6/26/16.

the 100 target Main Event, Lamar Denny had a score of 83/100 in Masters Class. Steve Baker shot a 77/100 in Class A, and Bruce Crockett shot a score of  73/100.

 In the 50 target Super Sporting Event, Lamar Denny Shot a 43/50, Steve Baker shot a 45/50 in Class A for 1st place, and Bruce Crockett shot a 30/50 in Class C.

In the 50 target 5 – Stand Event, Steve Baker shot a 39/50 in Class A for 1st Place.

6/18/16 Sporting Clays Shoot

Fourteen participants attended the monthly shoot at the Capitol City Trap and Skeet Club.  The weather was warm.  The course had been reset in the last month and the targets were a little harder than normal.  At the end of the shoot we gave a gift of $540 that had been raised from FCS members along with 800 diapers to Sam Martin to help with his new baby. The scores were as follows:

Bruce Crockett – 40
Steve Baker – 39
Mike Walsh – 34
Gustavo Bultron – 33
Scott Timpany – 33
Sam Martin – 31
Flint DeShazo – 30
Paul Ellis – 28
Peyton Kiley – 26
Burl Fulenwider – 23
Earl Prochnick – 18
Aiden Walsh – 16
Jim Miller – 13
Howard Joseph – 11

The following is from Scott Timpany:

5/14/16 ‘FCS Open’ Sporting Clays Shoot

Eight participants attended the ‘FCS Open’ Sporting Clays Shoot at the Capitol City Trap and Skeet Club.  We had excellent weather.  We shot 50 rounds at the corporate/hunters course, then 50 rounds on the Main course.  The highlight of the event was Tim Price with his new 1890’s era side by side 16 gauge which he loaded with black powder loads that made for a very big bang and lots of smoke.  We had to laugh every time he shot.  Steve Baker barely kept the title of champion from last years shoot.  We had a lunch at La Palapa afterwards.  The scores were:

Steve Baker – 85 (46, 39)
Bruce Crockett – 84 (43, 41)
Tim Price – 73 (37, 36)
Mike Walsh – 66 (35, 31)
Burl Fulenwider – 55 (31, 24)
Earl Prochnick – 38 (24, 14)
Dean Grand – 38 (23, 15)
Bret Mercer – 37 (37, did not shoot the second round)

4/16/16 Sporting Clays Shoot

Seventeen participants took the chance of rain and had a great time at the monthly Sporting Clays shoot at the Capitol City Trap & Skeet Club.   I was good weather with occasional light sprinkle and very little wind, so we had some high scores.  The scores were:
Scott Timpany – 44
Steve Baker – 44
Kyle Kirkwood – 42
Kerry Kirkwood – 41
Bret Mercer – 40
Sam Martin – 39
Paul Ellis – 36
Burl Fulenwider – 35
Brad Versteegh – 34
Baldo Granados – 34
Earl Prochnick – 32
Harold Terry – 31
Gustavo Bultron – 30
Becky Terry – 23
Jim – 22
Baldo Granados III – 13
Bryan – 6

To summarize the history of monthly FCS shoots since 1993, a total of 439 individuals have shot 106,726 targets.

4/1/16 – 4/2/16 24 Hour Shoot at the 74 Resort Ranch, Campbellton, Texas

Three members (Bruce Crockett, Ken Miller, & Jim McGee) and two guests had a great time at the FCS 24 hour shoot located at the 74 Resort Ranch in Campbellton, Texas. Our group arrived at before noon, checked into our rooms, and headed to the dining room for a wonderful roast beef lunch. Afterwards, we picked up  a refreshment cooler, a gas cart, and headed out to shoot on the 3 mile sporting clays course. The targets were challenging, and the wind picked up to 30 mph gusts by the end of the day. That evening, we were served an outstanding meal of 16oz rib eye steaks and all the trimmings. The meal was finished off with a choice of fabulous desserts.

The next morning we had a wonderful breakfast before heading back out on the sporting clays course. The weather was perfect with little to no wind. At noon, we headed back to the dinning room one last time for a delicious chicken fried steak lunch. It was hard to say which was better, the food or the unlimited clays! The only thing we knew was that we couldn’t wait to return next year!

3/26/16 ‘Bluebonnet Special’ NSCA (Sporting Clays) Tournament

Five members shot in the ‘Bluebonnet Special’ NSCA Tournament held at the Capitol City Trap & Skeet on 3/26/16. The weather was in the 40’s at the start and ended up in the 70’s with no wind.

In the 100 target Main Event, Lamar Denney had a score of 91/100 in the Master Class. Steve Baker shot a 90/100 for first place in Class A, Bruce Crockett shot a 76/100 for 3rd place in Class C. In Class E, Kyle Kirkwood shot a 78/100 for 2nd place tie, while Jim McGee shot a 67/100.

In the 50 target Super Sporting Event, Lamar Denney shot a 42/50 in Master Class, Steve Baker shot a 38/50 for 2nd place in Class A, and Bruce Crockett shot a 34/50 in first place in Class C.

In the 50 target 5 – Stand Event, Lamar Denney shot a 38/50 in Master Class, and Steve Baker shot a 42/50 for 1st place in Class A.

3/19/16 Sporting Clays Shoot

Six loyal participants took the chance of mud and rain and had a great time at the 3/19/16 Sporting Clays shoot at the Capitol City Trap & Skeet Club.   It was very windy, which resulted in lower than normal scores, but the course was dry and the weather was good, just a little chilly.  The scores were:
Steve Baker – 35
Kyle Kirkwood – 31
Scott Timpany – 30
Paul Ellis – 28
Gustavo Bultron – 23
Kerry Kirkwood – 21

To summarize the history of monthly FCS shoots since 1993, a total of 422 individuals have shot 105,876 targets.

2/21/16 ‘Sweetheart Shoot’ NSCA (Sporting Clays) Tournament

Lamar Denney and Steve Baker shot in the Sweetheart Shoot held on 2/21/16 at Capitol City Trap and Skeet Club.

In the Main Event, Lamar shot a 94/100 which tied for 2nd in Master Class, while Steve Baker shot a 76/100 for a 4th place tie in A Class.

In the Super Sporting Event, Lamar Denney shot a 43/50, and Steve Baker shot a 38/50 for 3rd place in A Class.

2/13/16 Sporting Clays Shoot

Fifteen participants had a “blast” at the 2/13/16 Sporting Clays Shoot at the Capitol City Trap & Skeet Club.  The club had reset the course and some of the stations were more challenging than the last year has been.  The weather was perfect, what a great day to live in central Tx.   The scores were:
Lamar Denney – 44
Steve Baker – 43
Bruce Crockett – 40
Sam Martin – 39
Scott Timpany – 35
Mike Walsh – 35
Bret Mercer – 32
Paul Ellis – 32
Gustavo Bultron – 31
Burl Fulenwider – 28
Earl Prochnick – 26
Peyton Keily – 26 (first time shooter !!! wow)
Jim Miller – 19
David Johnson – 16
Brian Miller – 11  (first time guest)

To summarize the history of monthly FCS shoots since 1993, a total of 416 individuals have shot 105,576 targets.

1/23/16 ‘Cold Clays’ NSCA (Sporting Clays) Tournament

Four members shot in the ‘Cold Clays’ NSCA Tournament held at the Capitol City Trap & Skeet on 1/23/16. The weather was in the 40’s at the start and ended up in the 50’s with no wind.

In the 100 target Main Event, Lamar Denney had an outstanding score of 94/100 in the Master Class which tied for top score out of 138 shooters. His score beat  2015 NSCA National Champion William Walton, and tied David Bishop, who has participated as a top amateur in the Professional Sporting Clays Association. Steve Baker shot a 83/100 in Class A, Bruce Crockett shot a 72/100 in Class C, and Michael Armstrong shot a 68/100 in Class E.

In the 50 target Super Sporting Event, Lamar Denney shot a 46/50 in Master Class, Steve Baker shot a 37/50 in Class A, and Bruce Crockett shot a 38/50 in Class C.

In the 50 target 5 – Stand Event, Lamar Denney shot a 41/50 in Master Class, and Steve Baker shot a 42/50 for 2nd place in Class A.

1/16/16 Sporting Clays Shoot

Eleven participants had a great time at the 1/16/16 Sporting Clays Shoot at the Capitol City Trap & Skeet Club.   The weather was just a little chilly.   The scores were:
Steve Baker – 48
Lamar Denney – 45
Kyle Kirkwood – 45
Kerry  Kirkwood – 42
Randy Rowley – 39
Scott Timpany – 38
Bruce Crockett – 38
Paul Ellis – 35
Ryan Rowley – 33
Chris Rowley – 27
Claire Wick – 12
Randy lead a devotional called Losing Our Bearings.  To summarize the history of monthly FCS shoots from 1993 thru 1/16/16, a total of 401 individuals have shot 104,826 targets over that timeframe.